Half-yearly financial Report at June 30, 2013 - A2A

Half-yearly financial report at June 30, 2013Risks and uncertaintiespolices for access to information and data and to transfer all the business software that allowsthis to active directory.As regards Edipower S.p.A. and information security, a “Safety platform” exists as anorganizational control. In addition, a data warehouse environment and a structured dataaccess application are operative for data availability, while disaster recovery solutions andback-up models of the certified data exist with respect to information integrity.Health and safety riskThe Group operates in a heterogeneous business context characterized by a strongtechnology element and the presence of personnel at its plants and throughout its territory.Certain Group activities are, by their nature, more exposed to the risk of “typically workrelated”accidents linked to the operational services in the territory and the performance oftechnical services and activities at the plants.The prevention measures adopted aim for a “zero risk” objective through the Quality,Environment and Safety Policy (which provides for a program to upgrade the personnel safetymanagement system to comply with ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards), encouraging aconstant rise in the level of safety in the workplace.227In addition to the normal safety audit activity, the process for adopting the SafetyManagement System in accordance with the specific standard BS OHSAS 18001/2007 wascompleted in Edipower S.p.A. in 2011, with the company obtaining the relative OHSAS 18001certification for all its production units.A central Prevention and Protection Service has been set up as part of the Quality,Environment and Safety Department in order to harmonize the objectives of safety andprotection in Group companies and to monitor that these standards are also being followedby contractors at both the prequalification stage and the execution stage at worksites.A gradual strengthening of the organizational control structure is planned, which amongother things carries out specific inspections to monitor compliance with legislation as well aspersonnel update training. In this respect specific training plans have been established foreach business position and responsibility and a start has been made to these training courses.The guidelines defining the means of identifying roles on safety matters and the relativepersonnel charts were revised in 2012. Finally, there is also a program of employee healthsurveillance, conducted with the aid of a team of doctors located in the various areas whocarry out periodic assessments on the state of health of personnel.